To create the top 20 for our 25th annual rankings, Fortune and its survey partners at Hay Group asked 3,322 executives, directors, and securities analysts to select the 10
companies they admire most. Having fresh ideas and being green are among the qualities that distinguish this year's winners.

Toyota workers in Indiana celebrate the Tundra - and their company's prospects.

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Toyota Motor

Top 20 Rank: 3

Toyota has become America's best automaker. Its Camry has been the best-selling car in the U.S. since 2002, and the Lexus LS 430 has been the leading luxury-car brand for
seven straight years. The company's long-term strategy is as green as anyone's. Sales of the Prius, which runs on a gas-electric hybrid engine, passed 100,000 units in 2006. The
Prius is today as de rigueur in Hollywood as the hydrocarbon-swilling Hummer used to be.